BIGNONIACEAE 429 
or slightly compressed, loculicidally 2-valved. Seeds thin, broadly winged 
on both sides. (Greek “long” and “a man,” from the long flowers and 
stamens. ) 
Species 6 or 7, Madagascar to tropical Asia, Malaya, and Australia, a 
single one in the Philippines. 
1. D. spathacea (L. f.) K. Sch. (D. rheedii Seem.). Tue (Tag.). 
A glabrous tree 5 to 15 m high. Leaves 30 to 40 cm long, opposite; 
leaflets 7 to 9, ovate to ovate-lanceolate or ovate-elliptic, slenderly long- 
acuminate, base inequilateral, 7 to 15 cm long. Racemes terminal, short, 
few-flowered. Calyx 4 to 5 cm long, spathe-like, split down one side to 
the base. Corolla white, the tube rather slender, cylindric, 9 to 11 em 
long, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped above, the limb 5 to 10 cm in diameter, 
somewhat lobed. Capsule 30 to 40 cm long, subcylindric or slightly com- 
pressed, pointed, 2 to 2.5 em thick, the seeds very numerous, winged, 
rectangular. (FI. Filip. pl. 242, Spathodea luzonica.) 
Along tidal streams, scattered, fl. most of the year; widely distributed 
in the Philippines along the seashore. India to Malaya. 
5. SPATHODEA Beauvois 
Trees with ample odd-pinnate leaves. Flowers large, in short terminal 
racemes. Calyx densely tomentose, at flowering time split nearly to the 
base on one side, curved, spathe-like. Corolla red, oblique, the tube con- 
tracted at the base, broadly ventricose-campanulate above, the limb large, 
5-lobed. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, inserted near the base of the corolla. 
Ovary sessile; ovules numerous. Capsule oblong-lanceolate, loculicidally 
dehiscent, compressed parallel to the septum. Seeds compressed, surrounded 
by a hyaline wing. (Greek “spathe” and “resembling,’’ from the spathe- 
like calyx.) 
Species 3 in tropical Africa, 1 introduced and cultivated in Manila. 
*1 S. CAMPANULATA Beauv. 
A medium-sized tree with odd-pinnate leaves and large flowers. Leaves 
20 to 25 cm long; leaflets about 9, elliptic-oblong, slightly acuminate, the 
upper ones about 10 cm long, the lower ones smaller. Racemes axillary, 
few-fiowered. Calyx spathe-like, strongly curved, brownish, finely pubes- 
cent, acuminate, split nearly to the base on one side. Corolla about 10 cm 
long, curved, the tube narrow below, above strongly inflated, about 7 cm 
in diameter, 5-lobed. 
Cultivated for ornamental purposes, old Botanic Garden, Cementerio del 
Norte, ete., fl. most of the year. A native of tropical Africa now cultivated 
in many other tropical countries. 
6. KIGELIA DeCandolle 
Spreading trees with ample, odd-pinnate, alternate leaves. Flowers 
large, reddish, in a lax, very long-peduncled, pendent panicle. Calyx large, 
coriaceous, closed in bud, in flower 2- to 5-lobed or toothed. Corolla-tube 
contracted at the base, above much enlarged and broadly bell-shaped, the 
limb somewhat 2-lipped, one lip 2-lobed, the other 3-lobed. Stamens 4, in 
2 pairs, slightly exserted. Disk thick, annular. Ovary sessile, 1-celled, 
placentae 2. Fruit large, oblong or cylindric, thick, indehiscent, the peri- 
carp fleshy. Seeds many, wingless. (From the Mozambique name.) 
Species 3 or 4 in tropical and subtropical Africa, 1 introduced and cul- 
tivated in Manila. 
